Heating apparatus



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E. W. OLIN. HEATING APPARATUS.

No. 410,736. Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

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EDGAR IV. OLIN, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO-THIRDS TO ALLEN E.BURNAM AND JOSEPH \V. JOHNSTON, OF SAME PLACE.

HEATING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,736, datedSeptember 10, 1889. Application filed June 11, 1889. Serial No. 313,847.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR IV. OLIN, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Pueblo, county of Pueblo, andState of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HeatingApparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to appliances for heating the rooms or apartmentsof dwellings and other houses, the object being to economize and morefully utilize the heat and to facilitate the distribution of the samethroughout the several stories and apartments of the building.

To the above purpose my invention consists in certain peculiar and novelfeatures of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigures 1, 2, and 3 illustrate plan views, respectively, of two, three,and four room houses with myimproved heating apparatus applied thereto-Fig. l is a side elevation of the compartment or casing in which thestove or furnace is placed, certain parts being broken away to show theinterior construction. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the line5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detached View of a modified form of shutterand its supporting and operating device.

In the said drawings, A designates a casing built either of wood or ofnon-combustible material, and having at its angles hollow posts B. Thiscasing extends vertically from the floor to the ceiling D of theapartments on the lower floor of the building, as shown in Fig.4. Eachside of the casin g is closed at its upper portion by a fixed panel a,and the remaining lower portion of each side is left open. In each sideof the casing are placed doors or shutters E E, which work in Verticalgrooves Z) in the posts B, and which are also counterbalanced by weightsF, attached to cords f, running over pulleys f, set in the posts B, thearrangement being similar to that of window sashes. In order to keep thecounter-weights from interfering with each other, the interiors of theposts B are each divided into separate spaces by partitions B, set atright angle to each other, as shown in Fig. 5. A stove G, of anysuitable type, is set upon the floor of the casing A, and the smoke pipeor flue of the stove extends upward through an opening II in the top ofthe casing A. Boxes I I are set into the top of the casing A and openinto theinterior of the same, while hot-air pipes 'L' 1; lead from saidboxes to registers in the apartments of the upper stories of thebuilding, so that the heat radiated by the stove fills the interior ofthe casing A and is carried out through the pipes 2', as required.

As before stated, the casing A is preferably located in the first orlower story of the building, and is so placed that each of its sidesshall communicate directly with one of the apartments of said story.This will be clearly understood by reference to Figs. 1, 2, and In Fig.1 J J designate the two apartments of the lower story, said apartmentsbeing separated by the wall J into this wall, so that one of its sidescommunicates directly with the apartmentJ and the other sidecommunicates directly with the apartment J. In Fig. 2 three apartments KK K are shown separated by two walls it It, extending at right angles toeach other, and the casing A is set at the angle of junction of saidwalls. In Fig. 3 four apartments L L L L are shown separated by the twowalls Z Z, extending at right angles to each other entirely across thefloor. The casing is set in the middle of the floor at the angle ofjunction of the walls Z l, so that each of its four sides communicatesdirectly with one of the rooms. In all of these figures the casing A isshown as having but four sides; but it will be readily seen that thenumber of sides may be varied to accord with the number of adjacentrooms without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Usually the shutters E E are placed as shown in Fig. 4-that is, thelower shutter E The casing A is built in proper relation to its opensides.

is partially raised, so as to admit air to support combustion in theheater G and also to be heated. Thus some of the heat will be supplieddirectly to the apartment on the ground floor and the remainder will besupplied to the upper stories through the pipes 2'. WVhen desired,however, the shutters E E may be both raised, so that almost all of theheat will be supplied to the apartments on the lower floor and butlittle will be conveyed to the upper stories. gle ordinary heater ismade to act as a furnace, and yet with much less consumption of fuelthan the latter.

The inner surfaces of the casing A (when the latter is of wood) are.proteeted by a suitable sheet-metal or equivalent non-combustiblelining, and in order to further insure against fire the form of shuttershown in Fig. 6 may be substituted for those shown in Fig. 4. In thesaid Fig. 6 the shutter M is formed of metal slats arranged like thoseof aVenetian blind, and said shutter is attached at its upper end to aroller N, upon which the shutter may be wound more or less, as desired,the roller being set horizontally in the casing A Thus I haveidevised asimple and e'fficient means for warming the apartments of buildings, andhave insured the utmost economy of fuel, combined with the most thoroughdistribution of heated air.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new therein,anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with adjoining rooms of a building, of a compartmentinterposed between said rooms and provided with doors which constitutethe sides of said compartment and form an intermediate room for thereception of a heater, as and for the purpose specified.

2. Animproved appliance for distributing heat to the apartments ofbuildings, consisting of a compartment interposed between andcommunicating with adjacent apartments and provided with adjustabledoors which constitute the sides of said compartmentand form an inclosedspace for the reception of a heater, substantially as described.

3. An improved appliance for heating the apartments of buildings,consisting of an It will thus be seen that a sincompartment or roominterposed between and communicating with adjacent apartments, incombinationwith several sets of adjustable doors, one set for eachapartment, applied to and forming the sides of said heater-compartment,whereby the hot air may be conducted to any or all adjoining apartments,as set forth. 7

5. The combination, with adjoining apartments of a building, of acompartment interposed between the same and provided with doors whichconstitute the sides of said compartment and form an intermediate roomfor the reception of a heater, said heater-compartment and its doorsbeing provided with an interior lining of zinc or equivalent material,substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. An improved appliance for distributing heat to the apartments ofbuildings, consisting of an interior compartment interposed between,inclosed by, and communicating directly with adjoining apartments on thesame fioor, and provided with adjustable doors, in

stories of the building, substantially as described.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of June,A. D. 1889.

EDGAR \V. OLIN.

WVitnesses:

T. H. SoHooLEY, A. E. BURNAM.

